1.Where are you based?
Paint Louis

2. What supplies do you use to create your work?
AS many as I can...but mostly Mac, Exacto, Stencils and Spray paint on any surface that is flat!

3. How long does it take to complete a medium sized piece?
My main time is designing an cutting the stencil...Which will range between 20 to 90 hours.
Usually when I am working on someone likeness it always takes me much longer to get it right!

4. How do you go about choosing subjects for your work?
I am a serious "series" kind of dood...so usally I will base a body of work on a theme like dead fat comedians, Mexican wrestlers, hillbillies, optical illusions, eyes and more! ...and it usually comes directly from my SOUL.

5. What does success mean to you?
It is def more about the FAME than the MONEY!



6. What song lyric best describes you?
I can not really specify a song lyric...but the Stevie's album "Songs in the key of life" pretty much sums it up!

7. How does being an artist affect your personal relationships?
I think my boys and lady sometimes gets bored at my live painting gigs... but on global level it had been amazing way to get to know and develop relationships with people all over the world

8. What is the biggest sacrifice you made for your craft?
To have to leave my kids...especially if I have to travel out of the country. It not like missing a girlfriend. When I went to melbourne last year I was gone for three week...thank god for iChat!

9. If there were an art hall of fame what about you or your work would earn you a place in it?
Probably the LE Bottles of mountain dew that I designed for greenlabelart.com

10. What aspect of the art world gives you the most pleasure?
The pleasure that it brings to others, especially the work that I do publicly. I love to roll past my stencils on the street, I will even drive out of my way to say whats up.

11. What bothers you most about the art industry?
Haters, Snobbery and the people who come to shows to just drink for free.

12. What is your niche?
Stencils, and when I started stenciling around 2002, their must have been something in the water because all of a sudden there was a huge influx of sites like stencilrevolution.com or stencilarchive.org

13. Who is your audience?
I have a very Broad Audience....Old, Young...Rich, Poor....City, Suburbs....Black, White, and everyone in between. My Art Brings all walks of life together!

14. Outside of art what makes you an interesting person?
I am a Dad of Three Boys, I play Guitar, Bass and sing. Actually was the lead singer of the 90's Ska band " Cucumber Jones"...download the record here. http://stensoul.com/cucumberjones/ (i was 17). I also am a web designer by day for crazy animator in Flash, mostly for ads/microsites. Got my start ion the Ealry Advertising world of Gurulla marketinf mogul

15. Where can people purchase your work?
At a gallery near you and always at buyart.stensoul.com